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| Pinjalo pinjalo | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Lutjanidae |
| Subfamily: | Lutjaninae |
| Genus: | Pinjalo Bleeker, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Caesio pinjalo Bleeker, 1850 [1] | |
Pinjalo is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, snappers belonging to the family Lutjanidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean
Pinjalo was created as a monotypic genus by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker, it was a monotypic genus containing only Bleeker's Caesio pinjalo, which he had Species description described in 1850. A second species, P. lewisi was added in 1987. [1] The generic name Pinjalo is derived from a Malay word for a fish pinialo. [2] The genus is classified within the subfamily Lutjaninae. [3]
The following two species are classified within the genus Pinjalo: [4]
Pinjalo snappers are medium-sized snappers and have moderately deep bodies with a comparatively small heads and a pointed snout. The eyes are placed in the middle of each side of the head. They have small teeth in their jaws with no enlarged cacine like teeth. The vomerine teeth and the palatine teeth are tiny. The dorsal fin is continuous, with no notch in the vicinity of the junction of spiny and soft-rayed part of the fin. The dorsal fin has 11-12 spines and 13-14 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 9-10 soft rays. The pectoral fins are long, extending as far as the anus, containing 17-18 fin rays and the caudal fin is emarginate. The overall colour is pink or red on the upper body, whitish or silvery on the lower flanks and abdomen, with fins which may be reddish, pink, yellow, or whitish, frequently with thin dusky margins. [5]
Pinjalo snappers are found in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean. They can be found on reefs and rocky substrates as deep as around 60 m (200 ft). [5]
Pinjalo snappers are predatory fish, feeding on benthic and planktonic invertebrates, and may also feed small fishes. [5] They may form large schools. [6]
Pinjalo snappers are important to artisanal fisheries in some parts of their range and are potentially exploitable more widely. They are mostly caught using handlines, traps and bottom trawls. The flesh is of considered to be of good quality and is usually sold fresh. [5]
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Lutjanus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, snappers belonging to the family Lutjanidae. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. They are predatory fish usually found in tropical and subtropical reefs, and mangrove forests. This genus also includes two species that only occur in fresh and brackish waters.
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Lutjanus agennes, the African red snapper, Guinean snapper or African cubera snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lutjanidae, the snappers. It is native to the coastal Atlantic waters of Africa.
Apsilus is a small genus of marine ray-finned fish, snappers belonging to the family Lutjanidae. The two species within the genus are native to the Atlantic Ocean,
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The scalemouth jobfish, also known as the scalemouth snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the Pacific Ocean. This species is the only known member of its genus.
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The Chinamanfish, Chinaman snapper, galloper or thread-finned sea perch, is species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Pristipomoides typus, also known as the sharptooth jobfish, white snapper, white jobfish, goldband snapper or threadfin snapper, is a species of ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Pristipomoides sieboldii, the lavender jobfish, lavender snapper or von Siebold’s snapper, is a species of ray-finned fish, which is a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Lutjanus russellii, Russell's snapper, Moses snapper, fingermark bream, Moses seaperch or Russell's sea-perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean.
The queen snapper, also known as the night snapper or brim snapper, is a species of ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean, and is the only species in the genus Etelis found outside the Indo-Pacific region.
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The pygmy snapper is a species of ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean and is only known from fresh and brackish waters.
Pinjalo pinjalo, the pinjalo, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
Pinjalo lewisi, the slender pinjalo or red pinjalo, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
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